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Issue: #72
Published: August 1947, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 352.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Doc Mortimer Wackey Gabby (a Monkey) Sniffer Snoop Hot-Foot (a Polar Bear)

Comic Story (11 pages)
Synopsis:	Percy, who stole a valuable sapphire, gets away from Midnight at the Slocum County Fair. Shortly afterwards the prize cow Angela is stolen before the cattle judging competition. While Midnight is searching for the cow, a beautiful dancing girl leads him into Percy's ambush. At the end, Midnight figures out that the sapphire had been stuck in Angela's cowbell. Percy couldn't get the sapphire out, nor remove the cowbell, so had to take Angela with him.
Genre:	Adventure Superhero
Characters:	Doc Mortimer Wackey Gabby (a Monkey) Sniffer Snoop Hot-Foot (a Polar Bear) Angela (cow) Percy Sharker (villain) Oscar Bowen Les Soames Geraldine (cow)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Apache Dancer
Synopsis:	Deke gets Daffy a gig as an apache dancer.
Genre:	Humor Sports
Characters:	Daffy Barney Deke Parsons Gaston Yvette Jean Marcel

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Dope Smugglers
Synopsis:	Two of the force's best men have been killed trying to find the headquarters of the dope runners, and now Inspector Burton summons Black X for help.
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Batu Beef Burton (inspector) Mona

Comic Story (4 pages)
Synopsis:	A parcel of counterfeit money is picked up at the railway station.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Lady Luck Peecolo Rat-Ears Mr. Rample

Comic Story (6 pages)
Synopsis:	Batch rents a car to take Bunny out.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Batch Bachelor Bunny Bananas Junior Mr. Shyster

Text Story (2 pages)	This Is the Bird
Featuring:	Jimmy Christian
Synopsis:	In the Andes the giant bird out of a legend comes down on the mountain winds and scares off gold-seeking guides and carriers.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Jimmy Christian (reporter) Senor Lopez (miner) Jose Chaka

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Club Presidency
Synopsis:	The boys have an explosive club meeting after Mom's hen drinks some nitroglycerine.
Genre:	Humor Teen
Characters:	Spunky Curly Marge Pug Spunky's Mother Government Scientist

Comic Story (6 pages)
Synopsis:	A society dame sends a false kidnapping note to attact Chuck's attention
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	McGinty Miss Van Gander Rocky Migg Rafferty Potlach

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